FGC History: The Legend of Super Battle Opera 

This is a really good video. I wonder what it would have felt like to be in that environment at that time. I wonder how many people knew that they were playing people who would become synonymous with some of these games. It's great to have stuff out like this for people who didn't get into fighting games until later to explain the history of the community.

This video is absolutely beautiful. Got me crying in the club remembering why I still train everyday. Thanks for caring, it truly shows

This is really good. Well put together and a nice slice of history. Thanks for it.

Randomly came across on Twitter, great stuff! Learned some stuff I had no idea about (like The SBO KOF game!!) Hope to see more from you, subbed. Thanks for the shout-out as well 🫡

Nice work boss.

"These guys aren't just otaku. They're cool." Hey, that hurts!

FINALLY !!! The Arcadia Cup is recognized !! :) Thank you~Arigato 👍

What a absolutely fantastic video. The content, audio mixing, script and editing are all on point. About a year ago I made a retrospective on the Melty Blood series and finding information on development was a challenging at times so I can only imagine the amount of research you needed to do to cover an event like SBO. I hope you make more content in the future because seeing other people passionately talk about fighting games just inspires me to talk about them even more, like tokido aid fighting games are truly something so great.

The Monthly Arcadia logo was so badass.

There was indeed a period in the early 2000s where although fighting games weren't helping to support a thriving FGC like they did post '09, they were doing pretty well as home experiences. I'm thinking about games like Tekken Tag Tournament, Soul Calibur 2, the DOA series, Virtua Fighter 4, and even Smash Melee (let's not argue about whether or not it's a "real" fighting game, lol). I'm not a hardcore fighting game fan but I still had some interest back then in playing fighting games casually. After that early 2000s period it definitely felt like things died down for some years before SF4 blew the doors open for everyone, both casual and pro player alike.

Amazing video

really REALLY loved this video, hope to see more like this!

That lil bibby "Water" instrumental 🔥🔥🔥🔥 But this video is DOPE!!! Thank you so much for covering this awesome Japanese tournament circuit! I rarely hear anybody mention that these days and it's such an important part of the fgc history!

I remember finding a section from the 2004 #Reload SBO tournament uploaded on RU-vid a couple of years ago. I was amazed at its production and hardcore style, but I didn't end up doing much digging on SBO. The way you described the history of it made it really tied that loose thread together for me, a thread I had almost forgotten about. Thanks for the video.

super informative and enjoyable video. hope to see more

Nice video

Nice video!

This documentary is amazing!! How long did this project take for you to complete?

Great video

WE'RE OUT HERE

Great video. Hope this channel goes places.

Sick video man

AYO!? Hol up this sumn different and i love it!

beautifully told morsel of history!

Great job bro! I love SBO!

Great video. Keep it up man

truly amazing video, loved it and subbed

I remember arguing with People that an SBO win was bigger than an EVO win simply because all of the japanese killers that didnt travel were gonna be there. Japan stays King at fighting games!

dope ass vid

Dope 👍👍👍

Let me flex as a Daigo stan. Daigo is the only player in SBO history to get top 3 in 3 different games in a single tournament. Unlike EVO, while still super impressive of tokido to get top 8 in multiple games, let's be real for a moment, he didn't get top 8 competing against the best talent those games have to offer. Tekken 6 didn't have the majority of Korean players. Blazblue didn't have the majority of the Japanese players (hence his lower placing at a Blazblue japanese tournament he entered after). It took a while for EVO's other games to catch up to the prestige of SSF4 (or could be argued SF4 AE) Evo's level of talent pool. Now back to giving Tokido props, there are games where he competed against the top talent and did amazing like KOF, & Marvel 3. I don't think those (along with SF titles) top 8s deserve the same amount of credit as top 8s in Tekken, and Blazblue. However, that he was able to play at a good level in Tekken and Blazblue deserves recognition, albeit less than the ones he competed with the very best.

While it's not as big as Tougeki, Toushinsai is basically the modern successor of that event. At the very least, it has qualifiers at arcades, is single elimination with team tournaments for the more popular titles, and features various games (though it focuses on newer titles). There seems to be far less western interest in it, however. I don't really hear about western players traveling to its last chance qualifiers like I did with Tougeki. Pretty sure there are also fewer western qualifiers than Tougeki had.

I remember

Fire af vid🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🔥🔥🔥

man youtube always sending me fighting game videos just cos i follow woolie

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can someone tell me the name of the track from the transition with all that sick SBO footage? dope content bro

sorry but evo will never be SBO it's not even close, all the true heads know how special SBO was and what it ment to players just to even be a part of it let alone win, sorry evo but pots of cash don't buy everything